A.B.S (American Bureau of Shipping) A.C.P. (Autoridad del Canal de Panama) A/P (Additional Premium) A/S (After Sight) AA (Always Afloat) AA AA (Always afloat, always accessible) AB (Able Seaman) Abaft Abaft the beam Abandon Abatement ABC (Activity-Based Costing) Abeam ABI (Automated Broker Interface) Aboard Above-water hull Abroad ABS (American Bureau of Shipping ) Absentee Pennant Absolute Bearing Absorption Acceptance Acceptance of Goods Accessorial Charges Accessorial Service Accommodation Ladder Account Party/Accountee Accrual Acknowledgement of Receipt ACL (Atlantic Container Line) ACOL (After Completion of Loading) Acquiescence Acquittance ACS / ACE (Automated Commercial System) ACS (Anglian Container Services) Act of God Act of Man Act of Pardon / Act of Grace Actual Weight Ad Hoc Charter Ad Valorem Duty Ad Valorem Freight Add-Ons Address Commission Admiral Admiralty Admiralty Court Admiralty Law ADN Adrift Advance Advance Against Documents Advance Note Advanced Charge Adventure Advice Advice of Shipment Advising Bank Advisory Capacity AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) AES (Automated Export System) Affiliate Afloat AFR (Advance Filing Rule) Aft Afternoon Watch AFTKs (Available Freight Tonne Kilometers) AG (PG) (Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf)) Agency Agreement Agency Fee Agency Tariff Agent Agent (Agt.) Aggregate Shipment Agreed Valuation Agreed Weight Aground AGW (All Goes/Going Well) Ahead Ahoy Ahull AI (All Inclusive Rate) AID (Agency for International Development) Aids to Navigation Air Draft Air Freight Forwarder Airfreight Handling Fees Airline Terminal Fee AIS (Automatic Identification System) AIS Base Station All commodity rate All Hands All In All Night In All Risk All Water All-Risk Clause All-Risk Insurance Allision Allotment Allowance Aloft Alongside Also Notify Party Alternative Rates Ambient Temperature Amendment Amidship AMS (Automated Manifest System) Anchor Anchor Ball Anchor Buoy Anchor Chain (or Anchor Cable) Anchor Detail Anchor Light Anchor Rode Anchor's Aweigh Anchorage Andrew ANSI (American National Standards Institute) ANSI X-12 Anti–Dumping Duty Any Time AOV (Average Order Value) Apparent Authority Apparent Good Order Apparent Wind Appraisement Appraiser's Stores Apron APS (Arrival Pilot Station) AQ (Any-Quantity) Arbitrary Arbitration Clause Arc of Visibility Armament Arrest Arrival Date Arrival Notice Articles of War AS (Assignment) As fast as the vessel can receive/deliver ASBA (Association of Ship Brokers and Agents) ASN (Advance Shipment Notification/Notice) ASP (Average Selling Price) Asset-Based Third Party Provider Assignment of Proceeds ASYCUDA (Automated System for Customs Data) Asylum Harbour AT (American Terms) ATA (American Trucking Association/Actual Time of Arrival) ATA Carnet (Admission Temporaire/Temporary Admission) ATC/ATUTC (Actual Time to Count/Actual Time Used To Count) ATD (Actual Time of Departure) ATDNSHINC (Any Time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included) ATF (Approved Transitional Facility) ATR-Certificate (ATR-Movement Certificate) ATS (All time saved) ATS (Despatch-All time saved) ATSBE (All Time Saved Both Ends) ATSDO (All Time Saved Discharging Only) Audit Avast - Stop Average Average Adjusters Average Hold Time Average Inventory Avoirdupois Pound AWB (Air Waybill) Aweigh Awkward Cargo AWWL (Always Within Institute Warranties Limits) Azimuth Circle Azimuth Compass

B/L or BOL (Bill of Lading) B2B (Business-to-Business) B2C (Business-to-Consumer) BA (Banker's Acceptance) Back and Fill Backhaul BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) Baggywrinkle Bale Capacity Ballast Ballast Keel Ballast Tank Bank Guarantee Banyan BAPLIE (BayPlan Including Empties) Bar Bar Pilot Barcode Bareboat Bareboat Charter Barge Barratry Barrelman Barter Base Port Base Rate Basing Point Bay Plan BB (Ballast Bonus) BBB (Before Breaking Bulk) BBL (Barrel) BC (Bulk Carrier) BCO (Beneficial Cargo Owner) BDN (Bunker Delivery Note) BE (Bill of Entry) Beaching Beacon Beam Beam ends Bear Bear down or bear away Bearing Beating Beaufort Scale Before the Mast Belay Belaying Pin Belly Freight Benchmarking Bend Bending-moment Beneficiary Bermudan Rig Berne Gauge Berth Berth (Sleeping) Berth Dues Berth Liner Service Berth Terms Berth (mooring) Best Bower Best Practice BHP (Brake Horsepower) BIA (Business Impact Analysis) Bid Bond BIIB (Business Idea In Brief) Bilge Bilge Keels Bilged on her anchor Bill of Exchange Bill of Health Bill of Material Bill of Sale Bill-to Party Billed Weight BIMCO (Baltic and international maritime council) Bimini Top Binder Binnacle Binnacle List BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security) Bitt Bitter End Biz (Business) Blanket Bond Blanket Rate Block Stowage Blue Peter BMPH (Berth Moves Per Hour) Board Board of Commissioners Boat Boat-hook Boatswain (or Bosun) Bobtail BOF (Basic Ocean Freight) Bogie Bolero Bollard Bolster Bond Port Bonded Bonded Goods Bonded Warehouse Bonded Warehouse - Export Bonded Warehouse - Import Booby Hatch Booking Booking Number Boom Boom Vang Booms BOOT (Build-own-operate-transfer) BOT (Balance of Trade) BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) Bottom Air Delivery Bottom Side Rails Bottomry Bow Bow Thruster Bowline Bowsprit Box Box Car Box Rate Boxing the Compass BP (British Petroleum) Brackish Water Brail Breakbulk Breakbulk Cargo Bridge Bridge Deck Bridge Point Bring to Broaching-to Broken Stowage Broker Brokerage Brokerage Licence BTG (Bulk Trading Group) BTN (Brussels Tariff Nomenclature) Buffer Buffer Stock Bulk Cargo / Bulk Freight Bulk Freight Container Bulkhead Bull Rings Bulwark Bumboat Bumpkin or Boomkin Bunker Bunker Charge Bunker Surcharge Bunting Tosser Buntline Buoy Buoyancy Bureau Veritas Buyer's Market BXA (Bureau of Export Administration) By and large

C&E (Communications & Exceptions) Cabotage CAF (Cost, Assurance and Freight ) CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor) CAL (Client Access Licence) Captive Cargo Port Cargo Bay Cargo Declaration Cargo Hatch Cargo Insurance Cargo Manifest Carrier's Certificate Cartage CBL (Carrier bill of Lading) CBM (Cubic Metre) CCL (Container Cleaning Fee) CD or CQD (Customary Despatch or Customary Quick Despatch) Cell Cellular Vessel CFD (Continuous Flow Distribution) CFR (Cost and Freight) CFROI (Cash flow return on investment) CFS (Certificate of free sales) CFS (Consolidated Freight Station) CFS (Container Freight Station) CFS/CFS CFS/CY Channels of Distribution Chartering Charterparty/Charter-party Chassis Checker Chock CHOPT (Charterer's Option) CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To) CL (Contract Logistics) Clean On Board Cleaning in Transit Cleat Clerk CLP (Container Load Plan) CLR (Container Load Result) CM (Contribution Margin) CM (Correction Memo) CO (Certificate of Origin) COA (Affreightment, Contract of/Contract of Affreightment) Coaming COC (Carrier-Owned Container) COD (Cash on Delivery) COD (Change of Destination) COFC (Container on Flatcar) COFL (Collapsible Flat Rack Container) COGSA (Carriage of Goods By Sea Act) Combined Transport Bill of Lading Commercial Invoice Commodity Common Carrier Common Point Common Tariff Company Guarantee CON (Congestion Surcharge) Concession Conference Conference Rate Consignee Consignment Consignor Consolidation Consolidator Consular Invoice Container Container Crane Container Number Container Pool Container Seal Container Service Charge Container Terminal Container Vessel Containerization Contraband Contract Carrier Contract Price COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality) Corps of Engineers Countervailable Subsidy CPT (Carriage Paid To) Cross-docking CRP (Continuous Replenishment Program ) CSF (Critical Success Factor) CSS (Customer Satisfaction Survey) CT (Cross Trade) CTC (Critical to Customer) CTL (Constructive Total Loss) CTM (Cargo Transfer Manifest) CTM (Cash to Master) CTPAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorist) CTQ (Critical to Quality) CU.FT (Cubic Foot) Customhouse Customs Broker Customs Clearance Customs Entries Customs House Broker Cut-off time (closing time) cwt. (Hundredweight) CY (Container Yard) CY Cut-Off CY/CFS CY/CY Cycle Time

DA (Documents Against Acceptance) DAF (Delivered at Frontier) Daggerboard Daily Running Cost Damage Report Damaged Cargo Report Dangerous Goods Dangerous Goods Declaration DAP (Delivered at Place) DAT (Dangerous Articles Tariff) Data Loggers Date Draft Davy Jones' Locker Day Beacon Dayboard DBA (Doing Business As) DDC (Destination Delivery Charge ) DDP (Delivery Duty Paid) DDU (Delivered Duty Unpaid) Dead Leg Deadeye Deadhead Deadrise Deadweight Cargo Deadweight Ton Deadwood Debit Note Deck Barge Deck Cargo Deck Hand Deck Supervisor Deckhead Decks Declaration of Origin Declared Value for Carriage Deconsolidation Point Deep Tank Deferred Payment Credit Deferred Rebate Deficit Weight Degroupage Delivery Delivery Instructions Delivery Term Demise Charter Demurrage Density Depot DEQ (Delivered Ex Quay) Derrick DES (Delivered Ex Ship) Destination Destination Control Statement Detention Deviation Clause Devil Seam DF (Dead Freight) DGR (Dangerous Goods Requirement) DHC (Terminal Handling Service-Destination) DHQ (Mean Diurnal High Water Inequality) Differential Direct Interchange Directional Light Disbursement Discharge Discrepancy Letter of Credit Displacement Displacement Hull Displacement Ton Disrate Distributor Diversion Division DLOSP (Dropping Last Outward Sea Pilot) DLQ (Mean Diurnal Low Water Inequality) DNV (Det Norske Veritas) DOC Cut-Off Dock (noun) Dock (verb) Dockage Docket Doldrums Dolly Dolphin Domestic Carriage Door-to-door DOP (Dropping Outward Pilot) DOT (Department of Transportation) Downhaul DPU (Delivered at Place Unloaded) DR (Dock Receipt) Draft Bank Draft Date Draft Discounted Draft or Draught Draft Sight Draft Time Draft, Clean Drawback Drawee Dray Drayage Dredge (noun) Dredge (verb) Dredging Dressing Down Driver Driver-mast Drop off Charge Dry Bulk Dry Bulk Container Dry Cargo Dry Cargo Container Dry Docking Dry Freight Dry Port Dumping Dunnage Duty Duty Drawback Duty Free Zone DW (Deadweight) DWAT (Deadweight All Told) DWC (Deadweight for cargo) DWCC (Deadweight Cargo Capacity) DWT (Deadweight Tonnage)

E-Fulfilment E.L. (Export License) E.S.L. (Ethiopian Shipping Lines) Earnings Before Interest Eastern Mediterranean Economy of Scale ECR (Efficient Consumer Response) EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) EDIFACT (International data interchange standards) EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) EIN (Exporter Identification Number) EIR (Equipment Interchange Receipt) Elevator Empty Pick-up EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) EPS (Equipment Position Surcharges) Equalisation Equipment Number ERD (Expected Receipt Date) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) ETC (Estimated Time of Completion) ETD (Estimated Time of Delivery) ETD (Estimated Time of Departure) EVA (Economic Value Added) Expected Ready to Load Expiry Date Export Declaration Export Packer Express B/L Extra Loader Extreme Breadth EXW (Ex Works)

FAK (Freight All Kinds) FAS (Free Alongside Ship) FB (Freight Bill) FC (Floating Cranes) FCA (Free Carrier) FCC (First Class Charterer) FCL (Full Container Load) FCR (Forwarders Cargo Receipt) FD&D (Freight Demurrage and Defence) Feeder Port Feeder Service Feeder Vessel Fender Piles FEU/FFE (Forty Foot Equivalent Unit) FHC (For-Hire Carriers) FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders) FIFO (First In First Out) FILO (Free In / Liner Out) FILO (Free In/Liner Out) FIO (Free In and Out) FIOS (Free In, Out and Stowed) FIOST (Free In/Out, Stowed, and Trimmed) Firm Indication Firm Offer First Port of Call FIS (Free into Store) Fixed Costs Flat Bed Fleeting FLT (Full Liner Terms) Flush Deck FMC (Federal Maritime Commission) FO (Free Out) FOB (Free on Board) FOC (Flag of Convenience) FONASBA (The Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents) Force Majeure Free Despatch Free Time Freight Cashier Freight Forwarder Freight Payable at Destination Freight Release FTZ (Foreign Trade Zone) FTZ (Free Trade Zone) Fuel Oil Fulfillment Full Visible Capacity

G-Baggage (General License Baggage) G-Dest (General destination License ) GAFTA (Grain and Feed Trade Association) Gain Sharing Galley Gam Gammon Iron Gang Gangplank Gangway Gantry Crane Garbling Garboard Garboard planks Gate-In Gate-Out Gateway GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) GDSM (General Department Store Merchandise) General Arrangement General Average General Cargo General Cargo Rate General Export License General Purpose Container Genset (Generator Set) Ghost GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress Safety System) GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) GMV (Gross Merchandise Value ) GO (General Order) Go–Down GOH (Garment-on-Hanger) Going about or tacking Good International Practice Gooseneck Grain Capacity Grain Elevator Green Supply Chain GRI (General Rate Increase) Gross Weight Ground Groundage Grounding Groupage GRT (Gross Register Tonnage) GSP (Generalized System of Preference) GST (Goods and Services Tax) GT (Great Diurnal Range) GT (Gross Tonnage) Gunwale GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) Gybe or jibe

Hague Rules Half-Height Container Halyard or halliard Hamburg Rules Hammock Hand bomber Hand-over Handy billy Handymax Vessel Hank Harbor Harbor Dues (or Port Dues) Harbor Master Harbormaster Hard Hard-Top Container Harden Up Hardtack Hatch Hatch Cover Haul wind Haulage Hawse-hole Hawsepiper Hazardous or Dangerous Cargo HBL (House Bill of Lading) HC (High-cube) Head Head Charterer Head of navigation Headsail Heated Container Heave Heave down Heaving to Heavy Hauler Heavy Lift Heavy Lift Charge Heavy Lift Vessel Heavy–Lift Charge HFO (Heavy fuel oil) HHDWS (Heavy Handy Deadweight Scrap) High Cube High–Density Compression Hitchment HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) Hold Holystone Home Port Hopper Barge Hopper Car Horizontal Integration Hostler (or Hustler) House To House Transport House–to–Pier HS (Harmonized System of Codes) HS (Harmonized System) HTS (Harmonized Tariff System) Hull and Machinery Humping Husbanding

IA (Independent Action) IACS (International Association of Classification Societies) IATA (International Air Transport Association) ICB (Inter Company Billing) ICC (International Chamber of Commerce/Interstate Commerce Commission) Icing ICTF (Intermodal Container Transfer Facility) Idle Time Idlers IE (Immediate Exit) IFF (Institute of Freight Forwarders) IFM (Inward Foreign Manifest) IFO (Intermediate Fuel Oil) IMCO (International Maritime Consultative Organisation) IMCO (International Maritime Consultative Organization) IMDG Code (International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code) Immediate Exportation IMO (Internation Maritime Organisation) IMO (International Maritime Organization) Import Import Duty Import License Importer IMX (Intermodal Exchange) In Bond In Gate In Irons In Lieu of Weighting In the offing In Transit In-water survey Inboard Inboard motor Inbound Incentive Rate Incoterms Indemnity Bond Independent Tariff Inducement Inert Gas System Inflation Inglefield Clip Inherent Vice Inland Carrier Inland Port Inspection Certificate Installment Shipments Institute Warranty Limits Insulated Container Insurance, All–risk Insurance, General–Average Insurance, Particular Average Interchange Interchange Agreement Interchange Point Intercoastal Interline Interline Freight Intermediate Point Intermodal Intermodal Shipment Internal Register Invoice IOR (Importer of Record) IPI (Inland Point Intermodal) Irrevocable Letter of Credit ISO (International Organization for Standardization) ISO 9000 ISPS (International Ship and Port Security Code ) Issuing Bank Issuing Carrier IT (In–Transit Entry) ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) IV (Increased Value) IWL (Institute Warranties Limits)

Jacket Jacob's Ladder Jenny Jetsam Jettison Jetty (or Pier) Jib Jibboom Jigger-mast JIT (Just in time) Joggle Joint Rate Joint Venture Jollies Jones Act Journey Jumboising Junk Jurisprudence

KD (Knocked Down) Keel Keelhauling Kelson Killick Kilometre Ton King Pin King Plank Kissing the gunner's daughter Kitchen Rudder Knee Knot Know the ropes Known Loss Known shipper Kyoto Convention

Label Labor Union Ladder Laden Laden on Board Lading Lagan Laker Land lubber Landbridge Landed Cost Landing Certificate Landing Gear Landlord Port Lanemeter Lanyard Larboard LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) Lash (to) Lashing LAT (Lowest Astronomical Tide) Lateral system Lay Lay-by Laycan or L/C (Laydays Canceling) Laydays LC (Letter of Credit ) LCL (Less than Container Load) Lee Side Legal Weight Lender's Direct Agreement Let go and haul Letter of Marque and Reprisal Licenses Lien Lifeboat Liferaft LIFO (Last In, First Out) LIFO (Liner In / Free Out) Lightening Lighter Lighterage Line Haul Line–Haul Liner Liner Conference Liner Terms Liquidated Damages Liquidation List Liter Lloyds' Register LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) LNGC (LNG Carrier) LO/LO (Lift On-Lift Off) LOA (Length Overall) Load Load Line Load Ratio Loaded Draught (or Draft) Loaded to the gunwales Loaded Vessel Loading Time Local Cargo Lock Loggerhead LOI (Letter of Indemnity) Long Ton Longshoreman Loose Loose cannon Loose footed Low–Boy Lower Deck Lower Hold Lower Main Hold LTL (Less than Truckload) LTS (Despatch-All laytime saved) Lubber's line Luff Luff up Luffing Lump Sum Lump Sum Charter Lying ahull

Main Port Malaccamax Manifest Marine Insurance Marshaling yard Measurement Cargo Measurement Ton Megaports Initiative Memorandum Bill of Lading Meter Mezzanine Financing MFO (Medium Fuel Oil) MGO (Marine Gasoil) MHHW (Mean Higher High Water) MHW (Mean High Water) Microbridge Mile Min Tide (Lowest Observed Tide) Minimum Bill of Lading Minimum Charge Mixed Cargo Mixed Container Load MLB (Mini Landbridge) MLLW (Mean lower low water) MLW (Mean Low Water) MN (Mean Range of Tide) Mobile Crane Modified Atmosphere MOLOO (More or Less Charterer's Option) MOLOO (More or Less in Owner's Option) Moor Mooring Dolphin MR (Mate's Receipt) MS/MV (Motor Ship/Motor Vessel ) MSSIS (Maritime Security and Safety Information System) MT (Metric Ton) MTSA (Maritime Transportation Security Act)

Negotiable Instruments Neo-Bulk Cargo Net Weight Non Reversible Laytime Non–Dumping Certificate NOR (Notice of Readiness) No–show Notify Party NRT (Net Register Tonnage) NT (Net Tonnage) NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier)

OBL (Original Bill of Lading) Ocean B/L (Ocean Bill of Lading) Ocean Carrier Oil Tanker On Board On Deck On-Carriage On-terminal Rail Open Account Open Top Container ORC (Origin Receiving Charges) Overcarriage Overheight Cargo

PADAG (Please Authorize Delivery Against Guarantee) Paired Ports Pallet Panamax Vessel Parcel Receipt Part Cargo Partial Shipments Particular Average Performance Bond Perils of the Sea Pier Pier–to–House Pier–to–Pier Piggyback PL (Packing List) Place of Delivery Place of Receipt POD (Port of Destination) POD (Port of Discharge) POD (Proof of Delivery) Point of Origin POL (Port of Loading) Port Charge Port Disbursement Port of Call Port of Entry Port of Exit Port of Refuge Port of Registry Ppd. (Prepaid) Pre-Carriage Pre–cooling Pro Forma Invoice Project Cargo

Railhead Range Reconsignment Reefer Container Registered Ton Ro/Ro (Roll-on/Roll-off) RT (Revenue Ton) RVNX (Released Value Not Exceeding)

Safety Stock SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code) Sea Waybill Seal Number SHINC (Sundays and holidays included) Shipper Shipping Company Shipside Delivery Short Shipped Shrink Wrap Side Loader SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) SO (Shipping Order) SOC (Shipper-Owned Container) Special Delivery Fee Split Shipment ST (Short Ton) STC (Said to Contain) Straddle Carrier Sufferance Wharf

T-floor Tank Barge Tank Container Tare Weight TBN (To Be Nominated) Telex Release Temperature Controlled Cargo Terminal Terminal Charge Terminal Operator TEU (Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit) THC (Terminal Handling Charge) Through Bill of Lading Through Charge Through Rate Throughput Charge TI-HI Tidal Port Time Sheet TIR Carnet TOFC (Trailer on Flatcar) Ton Mile Tonnage Top Off Top Stow Cargo Trade Barriers Tramp Vessel Transit Cargo Transit Port Transit Shed Transloading Transshipment Transshipment Port Transtainer Trucking Wait Fee TTW (Toestemming Tot Wegvoering) Turnaround Time Twist Lock Two-Way Pallet

UFC (Uniform Freight Classification) ULD (Unit Load Device) Ultimate Consignee UN/LOCODE UNCITRAL Unclean Bill of Lading Unit Load Unit Train Unitization Unloading

Vanning Ventilated Container Vessel Manifest Vessel Operator VGM (Verified Gross Mass)

WA (With Average) War Risk Warehouse Warehouse Entry Warehouse Receipt Warehouse-to-Warehouse WB (Waybill) WDEX (Warehouse Withdrawal for Immediate Exportation) WDT (Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation) WDT&E (Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Exportation) Wharf Wharfage Windy Booking WWD (Weather Working Day)

X-Ray Exam

Yard Storage YAS (Yard Surcharges)

Zone Rate